Make the most of your burl • Hacker News Board

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by senderista » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 1:10 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #30

dyauspitr wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha it’s already a severely impacted field. Every other computer programmer that doesn’t live in a city is a woodworker.

sounds like there's a market for a woodshop in the city, gym membership style.

There's already one in Seattle: https://www.isgoodwoodworks.com/

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by MarkMarine » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 1:47 AM UTC

abeppu wrote: post #27

So the works Cindy displays are beautiful but is wood turning the way to "make the most of your burl"? I feel like there's a value that's related the surface area you can get out of a given burl. If you have a burl, are you better off trying to cut thin panels with parallel slices? With turning, though a skilled artisan can produce a beautiful result, don't you lose out on a lot of volume?

It is really really difficult to make any thing from a burl that is within the range of a hobbyist that isn’t turned. The grain is impossible, and they are really hard so working it with normal tools (a hand plane or a spoke shave) is just going to tear out as the direction of grain changes. I’ve never seen a veneer cutter that could handle a burl that was within hobbyist reach, but a lathe is going to cost you under 1000$ and probably under 500$ if you get a used one with good capacity.

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by op00to » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 3:19 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #30

dyauspitr wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha it’s already a severely impacted field. Every other computer programmer that doesn’t live in a city is a woodworker.

sounds like there's a market for a woodshop in the city, gym membership style.

Isn’t that what maker spaces are?

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by chias » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 4:19 AM UTC

ejs wrote: post #28

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #24

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why'd you stop?

Took too much time

Those are beautiful! And I love the way you get seemingly continuous grain all the way around. If you no longer work on these, I would love to learn more about the processes you use for the pressure infusing and the finishing.

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by pimlottc » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 6:56 AM UTC

op00to wrote: post #33

fragmede wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

sounds like there's a market for a woodshop in the city, gym membership style.

Isn’t that what maker spaces are?

Maker spaces tend to focus on high-tech tools, like 3D printers, laser cutters, electronic cutters (cricut/silhouette), etc. Some also have woodshops but that's less common and typically requires more space.

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by dyauspitr » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 7:06 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #30

dyauspitr wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha it’s already a severely impacted field. Every other computer programmer that doesn’t live in a city is a woodworker.

sounds like there's a market for a woodshop in the city, gym membership style.

They have those but it’s never the same in a shared space.

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by ada1981 » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 1:15 PM UTC

I passed this up for the last few days thinking BURL was some obscure programming term / language. Really glad I decided to investigate today!

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by ada1981 » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 1:18 PM UTC

ada1981 wrote: post #37

I passed this up for the last few days thinking BURL was some obscure programming term / language. Really glad I decided to investigate today!

Actually, if you want to make the most out of your (instance of) bUrl: a simple but flexible http3 testing framework, here is your guide!

https://medium.com/@luajit.io/burl-a-simple-but-flexible-htt...

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by tossit444 » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 2:11 PM UTC

I'm assuming this is a video, but I see nothing on the page signifying there is supposed to be one.

Re: Make the most of your burl

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Post by jspash » Sun, Dec 01, 2024, 2:39 PM UTC

pimlottc wrote: post #35

op00to wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn’t that what maker spaces are?

Maker spaces tend to focus on high-tech tools, like 3D printers, laser cutters, electronic cutters (cricut/silhouette), etc. Some also have woodshops but that's less common and typically requires more space.

In the UK there are maker spaces of all varieties. But you are right, woodworking spaces need room for the equipment. If you are a hand-tool only woodworker, then there isn't really a need to use someone else's (unsharpened) tools.

I'd love to see a site like this for the US, Canada and/or Europe. https://openworkshopnetwork.com/